{"product_id":"three-lines-in-a-circle-the-exciting-life-of-the-peace-symbol-9781947888326","title":"Three Lines in a Circle: The Exciting Life of the Peace Symbol","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne line straight down. One line to the right. One line to the left, then a circle. That was all--just three lines in a circle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis bold picture book tells the story of the peace symbol--designed in 1958 by a London activist protesting nuclear weapons--and how it inspired people all over the world. Depicting the symbol's travels from peace marches and liberation movements to the end of apartheid and the fall of the Berlin Wall, \u003cem\u003eThree Lines in a Circle\u003c\/em\u003e offers a message of inspiration to today's children and adults who are working to create social change. An author's note provides historical background and a time line of late twentieth-century peace movements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLong, Michael G.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael G. Long \u003c\/strong\u003ehas written books for all ages on civil rights and peacemaking in mid-century America, including the stories of Martin Luther King Jr., Bayard Rustin, Jackie Robinson, and Mister Rogers. He lives in Pennsylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVélez, Carlos:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarlos Vélez \u003c\/strong\u003ehas illustrated more than twenty books for children and has been recognized with illustration awards from the Catalog of Illustrators of Children's and Youth Publications and the National Fund for Culture and the Arts. He lives in Mexico City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flyaway Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50650367230226,"sku":"9781947888326","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_05eae351-650a-49c8-ba66-e177b213aaa0.jpg?v=1733287470","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/three-lines-in-a-circle-the-exciting-life-of-the-peace-symbol-9781947888326","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}